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Common funding myths: lessons from Nigeria
The sources from which think tanks get their funding from may present different challenges and scenarios. More often than not, these can...
Clara Richards
Jul 26, 20133 min read


Communication innovations to inform public debate: PLAAS’ Fact Check series
This post was written by Rebecca Pointer, Information and Communication Officer, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies...
Clara Richards
Jul 18, 20133 min read


Institutionalizing the demand for research: CIES' Public Sector Advisory Council
Editor’s note: This post was jointly written with Iliana Carrasco Díaz, Media and Public Relations Officer at CIES. The Economic and...

Leandro Echt
Jun 17, 20134 min read


Involving the private sector in funding ideas: planning a fundraising event (part 2)
Editor’s note: this post was jointly written with María Laffaire, responsible for individual funders at CIPPEC’s Institutional...
Clara Richards
Jun 7, 20134 min read


Methodological caution when presenting evidence
This post appeared originally at on think tanks, and it comments on a post by Michael Bassey of the LSE British Politics and Policy blog,...
Clara Richards
Jun 6, 20132 min read


Involving the private sector in funding ideas: planning a fundraising event (part 1)
Editor’s note: this post was jointly written with María Laffaire, responsible for individual funders at CIPPEC’s Institutional...
Clara Richards
May 31, 20133 min read


Leaps of faith: the successful policy without evidence
Finnish schools are among the best in the world, but did not know, and apparently did not want to know it. Ironically, Finns found out...
Clara Richards
May 29, 20133 min read


Politics & Ideas: An open research agenda
Creating a research agenda is always an exciting job. On the one hand, we are always seeking for overarching structures and frameworks...
Clara Richards
May 22, 20133 min read


Global research organisations, foreign funding and absent states: the health research agenda in Peru
In the academic world, little attention has been paid to how the priorities and agendas of global research organisations, along with...
Clara Richards
May 8, 20134 min read


Say no to developing new communication channels that are not linked to your core business
[Editor’s note: This Idea was shared by Laura Zommer, CIPPEC’s former Head of Communications and current Director of Chequeado.com] I was...
Clara Richards
Apr 26, 20132 min read
Demand, supply and intermediaries: unhelpful labels
Demand, supply and the market We know that the separation between the demand and supply of research is artificial: Ideas emerge and are...
Clara Richards
Apr 17, 20132 min read
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